NEW DELHI -- The Ministry of Women & Child Development has scaled another
milestone in the area of social media when the Facebook site of WCD
Ministry hit 2,00,000 likes on 1st June, 2016.

The Facebook site of WCD
Ministry added 1,00,000 likes in less than five months. In an attempt to
apprise beneficiaries about the policies framed and the schemes
unveiled for them, the Social Media wing of the Ministry puts out
content from which every common person can benefit.

The Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
took to Facebook on June 1, 2016, to have a one-on-one interaction with
people through a Live Facebook Chat. The activity reached out to nearly
1,00,000 people, with over 1,600 questions received. The Minister has
promised to answer all the questions personally.

On Twitter too, the Ministry’s handle (/MinistryWCD) uses every
opportunity to post content to empower the beneficiaries and to enhance
transparency of governance. The Ministry’s recent activities – release
of Draft National Policy for Women, 2016, and Draft Anti-Trafficking
Bill, 2016 – were trending on Twitter, a sign of being successfully able
to reach out to the larger audience.

Recognizing the power of Internet in GenNext and in keeping with the
desire of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to connect with citizens
through online space, the Ministry of Women and Child Development is now
reaching out to people through popular social networking sites i.e.
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube among others.